How to play World Championship Poker on Mac

Game summary

World Championship Poker offers the most challenging, most realistic poker game play around. Compete against top players for a seat at the Grand Championship Table -- call their bluffs, know when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em, and try to make it to the final showdown!
First released: Nov 2004

Play World Championship Poker on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play World Championship Poker on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.

Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.

Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).

World Championship Poker installation steps for Mac

Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install World Championship Poker like you would on any PC.
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